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Primosome
A complex of primase and helicase that initiates synthesis of RNA primers on the lagging DNA strand during DNA replication.

 


Primosome A complex of proteins that facilitate the unwinding of DNA and the synthesis of RNA primers, thus initiating DNA synthesis.

primosome - unit formed on the lagging strand comprised of a primase molecule and helicase
promoter - nucleotide sequence in DNA to which RNA polymerase binds to begin transcription ...

Protein that recognizes the origin of replication on a replicon and takes part in primosome construction.
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See also: Replication, DNA polymerase, Primase, Polymerase, Enzyme

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